The way in which an animal moves is essential to its survival. Hunting, escaping, migrating and mating are all made possible through the various locomotor strategies that animals employ. As a biomechanist, I… Continue reading →

Dr Kakani Katija is a bioengineer who works as a postdoctoral fellow at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Her work involves the study of how marine organisms interact with their environment, more specifically, she… Continue reading →

Humboldt squid have long had a reputation as devils of the sea, famed for dragging divers down to their death and cannibalistic decapitations of one another. Many old sea tales turn out to… Continue reading →